On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:10:37 -0700, Bryan Derksen
<bryan.derksen(a)shaw.ca> wrote:
Would making it more explicit, say by restricting the
list to only the
top five hundred tall men rather than some specific height, be an
improvement?
Not really. 500 is an arbitrary number. We can fix it by including
only those identified by reliable secondary sources as being tall in
context. So a 6'1" Sumo would be in, but a 7' BB player probably not.
Guy (JzG)
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